Air India completes evacuation of stranded Indian nationals from the Gulf. Air India, in association with Indian Airlines, Indian Air Force and Aeroflot, operated 488 special flights to airlift 1, 11,711 stranded Indian nationals. With such a large number
of people having never been airlifted earlier, Air India added a new chapter in the annals of World Civil Aviation history. The 59-day epoch making evacuation earned rich accolades for Air India.

24 August 1990

Arrival of seventh Airbus 310-300 (VT-EQS "Krishna") in Bombay with new livery and new interiors. The flight was ferried from Toulouse to Dubai and operated as a scheduled flight on the Dubai / Bombay sector.

13 August 1990

Air India sends a special 747-200 flight to Amman to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from the Gulf.

26 March 1990

Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates becomes online. With the introduction of this flight, Air India operates to all five international airports in the U.A.E. The weekly A300-B4 flight operates Bombay / Fujairah / Abu Dhabi / Bombay.

23 February 1990

Boeing 747-200 (VT-EBE "Shahajehan" ) rolls out of Air India's hangar at the Engineering base after successful completion of Section 41 modification which was undertaken by Air India's Engineering team for the first time, assisted by structural technicians
from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

30 August 1990

Arrival of eighth Airbus 310-300 (VT-EQT "Narmada") in Bombay. The flight was ferried from Toulouse to Dubai and operated as a scheduled flight on the Dubai / Bombay sector.

15 August 1990

The first batch of 285 Indians flown to India from Amman on Air India's special flight. With this flight Air India's operations to Amman for evacuation of Indian nationals begins.

2 August 1990

Operations to Kuwait and Baghdad suspended due to political instability.